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At the end of the year business was being carried on by
persons registered under the Order of 1885, as follows:—
Dairymen or Purveyors of Milk 33
Cowkeepers, Dairymen and Purveyors of Milk 7
Cowkeepers 3
Purveyors of Milk who reside outside the
district, but retail Milk in the district 11
Total 54
The Regulations made by the Council under the Dairies,
Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, 1885, provide for proper
lighting, air space, ventilation, cleansing, drainage, water
supply, and for precautions to be taken to prevent infection
and contamination of Milk.
The usual periodical visits have been paid to the
registered premises in the district, and the necessary steps
have been taken to ensure compliance with the provisions of
the Regulations. In addition to a number of minor infringements,
the following structural matters were specially dealt
with, viz.:—
Conversion of old workshop into a cowshed. The
new works included provision of a new impervious floor,
glazed stoneware feeding troughs with gangway at head
of stalls, additional means of lighting and ventilation,
water supply, etc. Construction of brick wall between
cowshed and stable. New milk store with smooth impervious
floor and walls, and provision for cleansing milk
utensils.
Old disused cowshed re modelled for occupation, including
relaying of part of floor, provision of additional
means of lighting and ventilation, water supply, new
system of drainage, and construction of milk store.